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gaffer tape

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by stage lighting electricians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From gaffer (“lighting electrician”) + tape.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изолирбанд (izolirband) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠布 /胶布 (jiāobù) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電器膠帶 /电器胶带 (diànqì jiāodài) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕緣膠帶 /绝缘胶带 (juéyuán jiāodài) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Finnish: roudarinteippi — sturdy adhesive tape
  • German: Panzerband — sturdy adhesive tape
  • German: Gewebeband — sturdy adhesive tape
  • German: Gewebeklebeband — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Hungarian: szigetelőszalag — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Japanese: ガッファーテープ (gaffā tēpu) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Korean: 개퍼 테이프 (gaepeo teipeu) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Polish: lasotaśma — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Russian: изоле́нта (izolénta) — sturdy adhesive tape
  • Swedish: gaffatejp — sturdy adhesive tape